Talk:Barrel cortex

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Hi all, I'm expanding the page and restructuring it so that it is a little more balanced. I'm also trying to make it less technical by introducing and explaining some of the jargon. However, as an inclusionist I'm loath to entirely cut out the section on experience-dependent plasticity, even thought it is quite technical.

I'd also like to convert all the notes to references. If anyone could help out it would save me from going brain dead! Keepstherainoff (talk) 10:15, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Barrels refer not just to representations of the whiskers in S1, but to all of the dark-staining 'blobs' in S1, so therea are hindlimb barrels, etc.. The most common barrels mentioned are the whisker barrels. So, this article is just inaccurate, but relatively easy to fix. No time now for me, but someone should fix it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.16.225.228 (talk) 19:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]